Hyde Parkers were happy when Tim Schau and Sam Darrigrand opened their ambitious Kenwood grocery/deli/café at 1126 East 47th Street in 2008. Finally, there was a source for up-there meats, cheeses, imported specialty foods, and fancy-pants sandwiches and coffee that didn’t involve a significant trip across town. Many were happier still when the two opened … Read more
SINGLED OUT: A look at the chef of the upcoming restaurant
Interview conducted and condensed by Jeff Bailey You spent 21 years in diplomacy, mostly at the State Department, and 13 at Georgetown’s foreign-service school. Then the presidency of the $5 billion MacArthur Foundation was offered to you. It’s like being named a MacArthur genius grantee times 10,000. How did it happen? A search firm came … Read more
Weeks ago, when most people thought that the challenge to Rahm Emanuel’s residency status was a lost cause, Northwestern Law Professor Sam Tenenbaum dissented. He reminded me of that today when I called him for his reaction to the Illinois Appeals Court ruling that Rahm is ineligible to run for mayor because he does not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Chicago for a year prior to…
Hinge Design
Fact: Snow has a different personality at night. By day, it’s the sodden, misery-inducing stuff that requires shoveling. By night, it’s winter-wonderlandesque…
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CHICAGOMAG.COM EXCLUSIVE: If Daley were running for mayor this year, what are some issues he would raise? Listen to historical clips and read about the city’s problems—then and now.
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The longtime Chicago-house DJ and producer—and hometown son—Felix da Housecat (that’s him in the tortoiseshell specs and plaid shirt) stepped up Saturday for his inaugural spin on the decks at The Mid, a new West Loop dance club that opened December 30th in the old Mannequin space…
